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The Florida Building Code (FBC) is a set of standards designed by the Florida Building Commission for the construction of buildings in the US state of Florida. [1] Many regulations and guidelines distributed are important benchmarks regarding hurricane protection. Miami-Dade County was the first in Florida to certify hurricane-resistant ...
The 40 year recertification inspection program was introduced to Miami-Dade County for the first time in the mid-1970s. This action was taken in response to the DEA building collapse of August 1974 that claimed the lives of seven DEA agents. In Broward County, however, the recertification scheme was introduced only in 2005 and became operative ...
The Government Center Metrorail station is located inside the building, giving it easy access to public transit. It is located in western downtown, on North First Street between West First and West Second Avenue. The building was completed in 1985. It is named after the former Mayor of Miami-Dade County and Mayor of Miami, Stephen P. Clark ...
“Miami-Dade building code requires the first 30 feet of any high-rise to be equipped with high-impact windows, which can withstand being hit by a nine-pound 2x4 traveling at 50 feet per second
The Miami-Dade Fire Department is the founding member of one of Florida's two FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force. [7] Florida Task Force 1 (FL-TF1) is available to respond to natural or man-made disasters around the county and world and assist with search and rescue , medical support, damage assessment and communications.
The tallest building in the city is the 85- story Panorama Tower, which rises 868 feet (265 m) in Miami's Brickell district and surpassed all other buildings in height when it topped out in 2017. Nine of the ten tallest buildings in Florida are located in Miami. Overall, the skyline of Miami ranks as the fourth largest in North America and the ...
The government of Miami-Dade County is defined and authorized under the Constitution of Florida, Florida law, and the Home Rule Charter of Miami-Dade County. [1] Since its formation in 1957, Miami-Dade County, Florida has had a two-tier system of government. Under this system, Miami-Dade comprises a large unincorporated area and 34 incorporated ...
This category has the following 16 subcategories, out of 16 total. Buildings and structures in Coral Gables, Florida (1 C, 21 P) Buildings and structures in Miami (17 C, 59 P, 1 F) Buildings and structures in Miami Beach, Florida (6 C, 22 P)